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Bio 104 exam 3 questions and answersDNA polymerase - Answer -enzymes thta move along each strand of the doubble helix
joining together nucleotide as they are added one by one to from the new
complementary strans of DNA
germ-line cell - Answer -the cells that do become eggs or sperm
molecular biology - Answer -the investigation of life at the level of its individual
molecules
mutation - Answer -a permanent alteration of the DNA base sequence
nucleotide - Answer -a building block of DNA that contains one sugar and one
phosphate group
point mutation - Answer -means the mutation of a single base pair in that genome
somatic cell - Answer -cells that do not become eggs or sperm
polypeptide - Answer -a string of amino acids
ribosome - Answer -the 'workbench' for mRNA which goes to the cytoplasm which is the
site of protein synthesis
transcription - Answer -this is the process by which information encoded in messenger
RNA is used to assemble a protein at a ribosome
RNA polymerase - Answer -a complex enzyme that unwinds the DNA sequence and
then strings together the cain of RNA nucleotides that is complementary to it creating an
RNA chain
messenger RNA - Answer -this is a type of RNA that encodes and carries to the
ribosomes information for the synthesis of proteins
codon - Answer -a coding triplet of mRNA
genetic code - Answer -the link between codons and amino acids
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